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Age, that acquaints us with infirmities in ourselves, should make us tender in our reprehension of weakness elsewhere.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Christian Nestell Bovee
Age: 83 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 22
Died: 1904
Died: January 18
Poet
New York City
New York
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C. N. Bovee
Infirmities
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